Collapsible cabanas



"Sept. 3, 1957 M. BowEN ETAL COLLAFSIBLE CABANAS Filed June 21, 1956 INVENTOR. Ma TON L ban 4w y flan/mac PAR/(ER COLLAPSIBLE CABAN AS Milton Lloyd Bowen and Bernard Parker, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignors to Habana-Cabana, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 21, 1956, Serial No. 592,920

4 Claims. (Cl. 135-5) This invention relates to beach cabafias or shelters, and the main object is the provision of a simple, compact and inexpensive collapsible cabana which is easily dismantled and carried in collapsed condition in the fashion of a small parcel or case.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a collapsible cabafia which is readily assembled and erected and which in dismantled condition is adapted for easy carrying about in the form of a small parcel, the cabafia consisting of an articulated roof frame adapted to be supported on four separable posts or legs, and a cover or canopy extending over the roof frame and secured to the posts in tensed condition, the cover when removed being adapted to be rolled up and carried within .the folded roof frame together with the four posts.

The above broad as well as additional and more specific objects will be clarified in the following description wherein reference numerals refer to like-numbered parts in the accompanying drawing. It is to be noted that the drawing is intended solely for the purpose of illustration and that it is therefore neither desired nor intended to limit the invention necessarily to any or all of the exact details of construction shown except insofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the erected cabafia.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the erected cabafia.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the collapsed cabana, with the posts and cloth cover contained within the collapsed roof frame and the latter providing a carrying holder or case for the device.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates the roof frame of the cabafia, the frame being rectangular or square in outline and being formed of two like half sections 11 and 12 pivoted together by hinges 13.

Each frame section is composed of two relatively long members and two relatively short members; for the purpose of simplification, the members of the section 12 bear the same reference numerals as those of the section 11, followed by the subscript a. The long members 14 and 14a are preferably circular in cross-section, and they are joined to the members 16 and 17 near but spaced from one end of the latter, the members 16 and 17 being preferably rectangular and positioned, in the erected cabana, with their wider edges vertical. The outer long members 15 and 15a are joined to the other ends of the members 16 and 17, and 16a and 17a, respectively, and the members 15 and 15a are similar in form and outline to the members 16 and 17 but they are positioned so that their wider sides are horizontal in the erected cabafia. The hinges 13 are secured to the underedges of the members 16 and 16a, and 17 and 17a, so

that when they are positioned horizontally in extended position, as shown in Fig. 4, the opposed end edges 18 of these members, which edges are vertical,.are in mutual contact and thus prevent collapse of the roof frame and maintain it in horizontal position.

' Near the extremities of the member 15, holes 19 are provided through the member inclined at an angle to the vertical so that they slope upward from left to right, Fig. 2. Holes 20 are provided near the extremities of the member 15a, but these holes are preferably at right angles to the flat horizontal surfaces of this member, so that they are vertical in the erected cabafia. If desired, either set of holes 19 and 20 might also be sloped inward toward each other in an upward direction, or both may be so sloped.

Two posts 21 are provided for the left-hand or front end, Figs. 1 and 4, of the cabafia, and two posts 22 are provided for the right-hand or rear end. All the posts have the same diameter, and all the holes likewise have the same diameter, the latter, however, being smaller than that of the posts. Moreover, each post has a reduced upward extension at the upper end thereof, thus providing a shoulder 24 near the upper extremity of the post. The diameter of the extension 23 is very slightly less than that of a hole so that the extension may be passed through the hole while the shoulder, 24 will not, whence, with the roof frame extended as shown in Fig. 4, the posts will support the roof. The shoulders 24 are thus equivalent to, and may be deemed, radial extensions outward from the bases of the upper extremities of the posts.

A cloth made of any suitable fabric such as, for example, canvas, is shown at 25. Each front post 21 has an eyelet 26 thereon near the upper end thereof, and each rear post 22 has a similar eyelet 27 thereon preferably positioned below the mid-portion of the post and spaced from the bottom thereof. The cloth has a width substantially equal to that of the roof frame, and a length greater than that of the frame so that it may be positioned on the erected cabana in the manner shown in Fig. 4, that is, the the main body portion 28 thereof covering the roof frame, with a front portion 29 extending downward in the form of a narrow flap, and a rear portion 30 extending downward in the form of a Wide flap. Both the front and rear edges of the cloth are provided with tubular items 31 in which rods 32 are slidably mounted, the latter having a greater length than the length of the hem.

After the roof frame and the posts have been assem bled, the cloth is laid over the same in the manner illustrated; then the front rod 32 is engaged, in an obvious manner, in the eyelets 26 of the posts 21, and the rear rod 32 is similarly engaged in the eyelets 27 of the posts 22.

The inner side of the lower end of the flap portion 30 of the cloth 25, at the rear end of the cabafia, is turned up and suitably stitched to provide a series of pockets 33, in which articles may be stored to keep them from contact with sand or soil.

The cabafia is adapted particularly for erection on a sandy beach, with the posts stuck in the sand for greater stability. The simplicity of erection of the cabafia is obvious.

Fig. 6 illustrates how all the components for the cabafia are reduced to a small parcel for easy transportation. After removal of the cloth 25, which is rolled up, and with the roof frame 10 set up-side down in extended position, it is adapted to receive both the rolled-up cloth and the posts. Provision for the posts is made by providing cut-outs 34 on the under-edges of the frame members 16, 17, 16a and 17a, as shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 6, the cutouts in each pair of opposed members in the sections 11 and 12 being aligned. The length of each cut-out is sufiicient to hold the four posts side by side The posts are placed in one such pair of aligned cut-outs 34, and'the rolled-up cloth 25 is placed next to the posts. Then the other section is folded through an angle of 180 degrees to bring the two sections 11 and 12 together to form a carrying case. Rope handles 35 are provided on the members 15 and 15a, for carrying the whole in the manner of asuitcase.

We claim:

1. A collapsible cabaiia comprising a roof. firametconsisting of two rectangular frame sections hinged: together on an axis lying substantially in the plane of the lower edges of the sections, each of said sections including, an outer end member each parallel with the other and two opposed, side members, each of said end: members having a hole extending approximately vertically therethrough near each extremity thereof, four. posts each havingthe' upper extremities thereof of slightly lessdiameter thanthe diameter of said holes and adapted to register therein, said. post having outward radial extensions at the bases of said upper extremities of larger diameter than said holes,

said posts supporting saidroofv frame with said upper ex-- 2. The collapsible cabafia set forth in. claim 1, said 30 3. A collapsible cabana comprising a roof frame consisting of two rectangular frame sections hinged together on an axis lying substantially in the plane of the lower edges of the sections, each of said sections including an outer end member each parallel with the other and two opposed side members, and four detachable posts at the corners of said frame supporting the frame above the ground, said frame being adapted tohave a cover mounted thereon, said sections upon detaching of said posts being fol'dable together about said hinge axis to form a carrying case, means facilitating transportation of saidcase and said posts comprising aligned cut-outs in said two opposed side members of at least one of 'said sections, said posts being adapted to be positioned in said one of said sections with the ends of the posts registeringin said aligned cut-outs.

4. The collapsible cabafia set forth in claim 3, said aligned cut-outs having a length equal to the combined diameters of said posts whence said posts are further adapted to be positioned side by side in said aligned. cut-outs.

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